to ignore them. This combination, in startling contrast with the times in which he lived, surviving, as he did, all other great representative men, outspeaking these vivifying truths, came to make him their one breathing embodiment. Then was exhibited to the world, and for all its coming generations, a grand spectacle, which had no precedent in all its past history. In the lapse of the dull, degenerate days which followed, when the buzz of the insect tribes monopolized the tainted air, as the physical man grew thinner and weaker, the moral man was ever growing stronger, broader, taller, until, at the close, he stood in a lofty solitude, as absolute in appearance, as, in reality, it was sublime. Like some tall cliff,' planted in granite, solid, pure, unadulterated, he did indeed 'swell from the vale'; indeed, indeed, ho midway left the rolling cloud, the darkness and the storm; indeed, indeed, indeed, 'eternal sunshine' will 'settle on his head. For this, the lofty part of him, thanks again be paid to the providence of God! cannot die. There still it stands-there shall it stand forever-a beacon, snowy white, to guide the struggling patriot of this entire hemisphere of America, South as well as North, even as Orizaba, the loneliest and the loveliest of all he snow-capt mountains when the sunlight streams through the rack of scudding clouds, guides the storm-tost mariner on her domestic sea."

The following resolutions were unanimously and enthusiastically adopted "The death of Jefferson Davis is an event of solemn import. "For long years-embracing a period of unexampled turmoil and strife, of gigantic effort and patriotic endeavor, of bright hope and unavailing despair, of glorious victory and bitter defeat-he was the exponent of this Southern land and of its proud people. And when the end came-when failure settled upon the banners of the Confederacy and its brave armies retired from the field-still was he our representative-in suffering.

"In the discharge of the duties of his exalted station, who will deny that he brought every power with which the Almighty had endowed him—tho clear intellect, the indomitable will, the inflexible purpose to lead so long as there was one to follow, the loving heart whose passionate attachment to the land of his birth, ceased only with its last pulsation?

"It was this that gave him his great hold upon the Southern people-he loved us. And so as heart responds to heart, we loved him; and now that the venerable form is forever still, now that the 'good gray head' is laid upon its final pillow, his memory shall be fragrant to us and to our children after us.

"One by one the links that bind us to the eventful past are being broken. One by one the comrades who stood by our sides in those stormy days have gone to rest. Again and again we have closed our ranks to fill the gaps, as in the heat of battle. But now!-the summons comes to the chief, and it is as though a great curtain had fallen between us and the days that are gone. "It is meet at such a juncture that the Confederate Veterans' Association of Savannah should give expression to the feelings evoked by the occasion; therefore, be it

"Resolved, That in the death of Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Confederate States of America, there is a sense of personal bereavement to each member of this Association.

"Resolved, That the memory of his patriotic services to the Southern people, and of the high virtues that marked his private character, shall ever be cherished by us as an incentive to unselfishness in action and purity of life. "Resolved, That we extend to the widow of President Davis and to all the members of his family the affectionate sympathy of honest hearts. May the father of all mercies comfort and sustain them in this hour of bereavement and anguish

"Resolved, That it will ever be a source of grateful thanksgiving to every Southern heart that the declining years of our venerable chief were passed in the peaceful quiet of his Mississippi home; that he outlived the pain of failure, and that it was his happy privilege to learn from actual demonstration that the people for whom he had done so much, loved and honored him to the last.

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Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mrs. Davis, and also that they be published in the journals of the city."

Then followed an immense procession of veterans, military, and citizens generally to the Confederate monument where General A. R. Lawton (the gallant soldier and able Quartermaster-General of the Confederacy) called the vast assemblage to order by saying:

"Fellow Citizens,

"I respectfully ask your silent attention. At this solemn hour, and in the shadow of this monument-the burial hour of our beloved Confederate Chief, and the monument erected to the Confederate dead-our thoughts, my friends and comrades, are instinctively turned to prayer-the subject and the scene are to us so touching that nothing can so solace as the voice of prayer."

Rev. Mr. Strong led in a fervent and appropriate prayer, and pronounced the benediction, and the vast assemblage dispersed.

We cannot give more space to Georgia's tribute, and can only say that appropriate memorial exercises were held at Thomasville, Talbotton, Dublin, Calhoun, Cartersville, Albany, Newnan, Eatonton, Decatur, Douglasville, Rome, (where the soldier-preacher, Rev. Dr. R. B. Headden, made an eloquent address) Waycross, Quitman, Washington, Milledgeville, Americus, Athens, Harlem, Griffin, Madison, Tennille, Elberton, Covington, West Point, (where Rev. J. Howard Carpenter composed an ode to be sung on the occasion and made a stirring speech), Carrollton, Saundersville, Sparta, Lawrenceville, Fort Valley, Darien, Amoskeag, Jonesboro', McDonough, Gainesville, Perry, La Grange, Clinton, Columbus, Dalton, Fort Gaines, Cordele, Hawkinsville, and well nigh every other town and hamlet in the State. And at all of these points contributions were made for the Davis fund.

KENTUCKY'S TRIBUTE.

It was to be expected that the grand old State which gave birth to Jefferson Davis would not be behind in paying tribute to his memory, and in this there was no disappointment.

We have already given the proclamation of Kentucky's Soldier-Governor, and have spoken of her delegation at the funeral in New Orleans.

At a meeting held in Louisville Rev. Dr. John A. Broadus, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, presented the following resolutions:

"Resolved, That among the eminent public men of the world in the generation just closing, Jefferson Davis must always hold a conspicuous place as the chosen leader of a great people in one of the mightiest wars known to history, and as a man of great and varied abilities, of deep-rooted and ever unshaken convictions, of lofty patriotism in accordance with these convictions, of vast political knowledge and diversified experience, and of unimpeachable integrity and honor.

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Resolved, That, while the leader in a great and unsuccessful struggle is sure to be severely criticised, we to-day look back upon the life-long career and high character of the Confederate President with hearty admiration, and we trust that among all surviving Confederates the brotherhood based on great memories will be universal and perpetual.

Resolved, That we delight to observe how fast the animosities of the war have been fading away, and we are persuaded that it cannot be long before the great civil and military leaders on both sides will be contemplated with something of common pride as illustrious Americans.

"Resolved, That Kentucky recognizes in Jefferson Davis one of that long list of men born on her soil who have made a distinguished career in other States, and wishes to stand with Mississippi among the chief mourners at his grave.

"Resolved, That we regard Mr. Davis's State papers and his work on the 'Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government' as admirable for their political insight and their consummate excellence of style, and as full of historical instruction even to those who differ most widely from his characteristic opinions.

"Resolved, That we think with pathetic interest of his declining years, with their quiet friendships and gentle courtesies and Christian consolations, and of his calm and peaceful end.”

Judge II. W. Bruce, who was a member of the Confederate Congress and a friend of Mr. Davis, being called out, made an admirable speech, in which, after alluding to his relations to Mr. Davis and the circumstances of his inauguration in Richmond, February 22, 1862, he said:

"I spent most of the time during the war in Richmond, not alone while Congress was in session, but during the vacations also. I was a frequent